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The General Order is always:
......To manoeuver in a body and on the attack.
......To maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline.
......To keep the troops constantly at the ready.
......To employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go.
......To use the bayonet on every possible occasion.
And to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.

- Lazare Carnot (1753-1823), French revolutionary, military strategist. (First Order of the Day, 2 Feb. 1794, to army commanders.)

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Military Word Of The Day

2IC

Second in command

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Today in Military History

April 9

1869:

Le Regiment de la Chaudiere: Aere Prennius (Truer than steel)

1869:

Les Fusiliers du Saint-Laurant: J'y Suis En Garde (I am on guard)

1917:

ARRAS, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 4 May 17)

1917:

VC won by Capt Thain Wendell MacDowell, 38th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France

1917:

VC won by L/Sgt Ellis Wellwood Sifton, 18th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)

1917:

VC won by Pte William Johnstone Milne, 16th Battalion, CEF, Vimy Ridge, France (posthumous)

1917:

VIMY, 1917, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 14 Apr 17)

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